CVE-2025-8099
HIGH 7.5 ALL-YEARSGitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.8 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending repeated GraphQL queries.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 7.5), but no confirmed exploitation. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.5%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 40th percentile
Impact if exploited
7.5CVSS 3.1 · HIGH · CNA
- ConfidentialityNone
- IntegrityNone
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770: : Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References and research data (JSON)
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 10.8.0 and < 18.6.6 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 10.8.0 and < 18.6.6 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 18.7.0 and < 18.7.4 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 18.7.0 and < 18.7.4 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 18.8.0 and < 18.8.4 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 18.8.0 and < 18.8.4 |
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3240210 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-02-11T11:35:11.456Z
NVD · CVE-2025-8099 · Updated 2026-06-17T10:06:18.297
Advisories
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/ CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-02-11T11:35:11.456Z
NVD · CVE-2025-8099 · Updated 2026-06-17T10:06:18.297 - https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-207424 EUVD · EUVD-2025-207424
Technical & other
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/557165 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-02-11T11:35:11.456Z
NVD · CVE-2025-8099 · Updated 2026-06-17T10:06:18.297
Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS